Splash preventer



my 2g, 1924. l v 1,502,287 C. ANDERSON SPLASH PREVENTER Filed Feb. 29 1924 I lll .N.

5 Sheets-Sheet 2 C. ANDERSON SPLASH'PREVENTER Filed Feb. 29 1924 Patented July Z2, 1924.

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CHARLES ANDERSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPLASH PREVENTER.

Application filed February 29, 1924. Serial No. 695,988.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES ANDERSON, a subject ot the King et' Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and residing at N ew YYork city, New York, have inventedV certain new and usetul Improvements in Splash Pre venters, o'l which the -following is a speciti cation.

This invention relates to splash preventing attachments for motor vehicles ot the type including a mat held extended over the tield ot splash by means connected to the vehicle. In the accompanying drawings a preit'erred construction ot' splash preventer according to the invention is illustrated in Figs. l to Ll, Fig. l being a side elevation partly in section, Fig. 2 a trent elevation, and Figs. 3 and t detail views ot a socket member hereinafter referred to. Fig, 5 is an end elevation et a modiiication. Fig. 6 is an end elevation ol a second modilication.

The attachment shown in Figs. l to et includes a universal `ioint l one element oiC which is bolted to the mudguard 2. Depending from the other element of the universal joint is a tube 3 in telescopic relation with a tube 4 carried by a bearing 5 on the hub 6 o'l' the vehicle wheel 7. An arm 8 Yformed on the tube fl is provided with a socket 9 having spaced teatherways lO separated by notched Stoppers ll and accommodating a rod l2 feathered at 13, and urged by a spring lei.. The leathers L?) are norn'iall'y held by the spring 14 in engagement with the notches of the stoppers ll. The splash guard proper adjustably carried on the rod l2 bj.Y a bolt '16 engaging a slot l? in the rod l2. The guard Fitted with resilient pads 1S so ilisposed relatively to the axis ot the rod l2 taut, when the pads 1S engage an obstacle such a kerb stone. the rod l2 is rocked on its axis whereby the feathers 13 are caused to vacate the notches in the Stoppers ll and to enter these featherways towards vwhich they are moved by the action ot the obstacle., whereupon the spring lllcauses the rod l2 and therewith the splash guard proper to move upwardly into a position clear of the obstacle.

The splash guard proper includes a beam i9 to which are pivotally connected links 20 whereon are situated the pads 18 and on which is mounted a mat 2l et chain mail. To increase the rigidity ot the mail. a wire 22 is threaded through the links oll the mail.

According to a modiiication illustrated in Fig. the socketed member for the reception of the feathered rod is constituted by a post et carried by a bearing 5 on the hub 6 and restrained against rotation with the wheel by a bracket 3a secured conveniently to the vehicle body and formed with an elongated slot 23 loosely accommodating the upper vend et the post la The arrangement is such that the post. 4'. is tree to slide vertically in the slot or to rock from end to end oit the slot 23.

According to the further modification shown in Fg. 6, designed tor use in connection with i. ont wheels, the socket 9b is secured to an eye-bolt 2e which, in turn, is mounted ou a non-rotary member 25 passing through a pertoration in the hub cap 6b and secured to the front stub axle (not shown).

llVhat I claim is ln a splash preventing device 'for motor vehicles in combination with a hub member, a support attached to said hub member. a socket sustained by said support, said socket having spaced 't'eatherways separated by notched Stoppers, a rod having feathers engaging said socket, a spring acting' on said rod and serving normally to maintain said 'Feathers in engagement with said stoppers, a splash guard proper adjustably carried on said rod, resilient pads fitted to said guard, said pads so disposed relatively tothe axis et the rod that, when the pads engage an obstacle, the rod is rocked on its axis to cause the feathers to vacate the notches in the Stoppers and to enter teatherways in said socket permitting the spring to torce the rod and therewith the guard to move upwardly clear oi the obstacle.

In testimony whereot' I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence ot two subscribing witnesses.

oi-mnLns anpassen.

lVitnesses DAWD l/VnILn, Jr., f J. A. VERNON. 

